Having an attitude of gratitude can help an individual, especially younger individuals and those early in their careers, to maximize their potential. There was a cartoon in a national magazine several years ago that depicted a man with a clipboard talking to two parents of a child sitting at a desk who had apparently just completed a test. The man with the clipboard said, “I have some good news and I have some bad news. Your son’s test shows he is very intelligent, but it also indicates he will not learn to write thank-you notes and, therefore, he won’t amount to much.” There’s wisdom in that cartoon. Every day we have opportunities to thank people who assist us or have assisted us in the past. The list is endless: relatives, teachers, neighbors, peers, superiors, and others. But, for a number of reasons, the majority of people fail to do that. …